Fire buckets must:
- Be painted red
- Have a capacity of at least 10 litres
- Be made of metal with a round bottom and a hole in the centre
- Have an attached lanyard that is long enough to reach the water from the location where the bucket is stored.
Pleasure craft that are more than 12 metres in length up to 24 metres (39.4 feet to 78.7 feet) in length are required to carry two fire buckets.
